Latest On Buhari’s Certificate: Desperation In Anticipation Of Defeat At The Jonathan’s Camp, A Can Of Worms Nigerians Should Be Ashamed Of – By Dr. Wumi Akintide

The debate currently going on whether or not a 4 star General has requisite qualifications to be certified as a candidate in the next election is a development that would come back to haunt Jonathan long after he loses the election on February 14. It is a development that can open a can of worms on the first Prime minister and most of the past Presidents of Nigeria from the North who were flag bearers of the same PDP and its predecessors like the NPC, the NPN and NRC. What qualification did Tafawa Balewa have to qualify him as the first Prime Minister of Nigeria? The same people raising the question should tell me what qualifications did Ahmadu Bello have to emerge as the pre and post- Independence leader of the Northern Peoples’ Congress and de facto leader of the whole country?

Depleting Excess Crude Account Causing Nigeria’s Economic Woes – Obasanjo

A former Nigerian President, Mr Olusegun Obasanjo, has blamed the present economic woes facing the nation on the depletion of the Excess Crude Account and the external reserves.

Mr Obasanjo made the assertion on Monday at a meeting with women leaders from the south-west states held at his hilltop residence in Abeokuta, the Ogun State capital.

LP Guber Candidate Says Will Make Rivers Dubai Of Africa

 

Tonye Princewill, the governorship candidate of the Labour Party in Rivers, said on Tuesday that his administration would aim at making the state the Dubai of Africa.

Princewill told the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) in Port Harcourt that if elected, he would achieve the objective with adequate security in place and in a peaceful environment.

APC Campaign Launch: Buhari Promises Better Management Of Nigeria

The All Progressives Congress (APC) presidential hopeful, General Muhammadu Buhari, has again decried the level of insurgency and unemployment in the country.

Nigeria’s Oil, Gas Future Looks Gloomy

Tougher times await Nigeria’s oil and gas industry in 2015 as uncertainties trail what is likely to be a closely fought presidential election in February as well as concerns over the non-passage of the PIB in addition to oil prices dwindling further.

Oil production and prices remain the cornerstone of the Nigerian economy. Now prices are falling and a sustained fall in oil prices in 2015 portend profound challenges for especially indigenous oil and gas companies in the country.

7 Cars to Own Before You Die

Who wouldn't want a 2003 Chevy Cavalier?

Put these cars on your automotive bucket list.

Whether you’ve just discovered you’re middle-aged, or you just hit 30 and want to get a jump on that automotive bucket-list, there are a few “must-own” cars for everyone. They are, each in their own way, staples of automotive perfection.

Driving one of these is great, but owning one is better. If you’ve never had the pleasure, it might be about time to sell that minivan or sedan and grab yourself a used one of these on the cheap. My thinking is, if there is a supreme being, he’s probably a gear-head like me, and I’d like to have something fun to talk about when I finally meet my maker. These are the seven cars you need to own before you die.

Nigeria: Adeboye, Okonkwo Others Lead Prayers for 2015 Polls

IT was a shower of prayers and supplications to God in Lagos Sunday, as leaders of the Christian faith and politicians converged at a special thanksgiving service hosted by Lagos State Government in Ikeja.

And with elections due in 55 days, prayers of peaceful and successful elections were the high point of the worship service.